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| Above: YouTubeCA video - The Subway in Newark, New Jersey 2017 - Length: 7:32 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - NJT: Hudson Bergen Light Rail in Jersey City and Hoboken - Length: 4:10 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - The PATH Train System 2017 - The Subway Between New York and New Jersey - Length: 10:27 mins. |
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MAP
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ROUTES
LIGHT RAIL ROUTES
Operator: NJ Transit
NEWARK
| Newark City Subway | Grove Street - Newark Penn Station (in subway in downtown Newark |
| Newark Light Rail | Broad Street Station - Newark Penn Station |
HUDSON–BERGEN LIGHT RAIL
| B | Blue Line | Hoboken Terminal - Harborside - Liberty State Park - Bayonne 8th Street |
| G | Green Line | Hoboken Terminal - Weehawken - Union City - North Bergen [Weekdays only] |
| Y | Yellow Line | West Side Ave. - Liberty State Park - Harborside - Weehawken - Union City - North Bergen |
Note: Route designations by letter are not used by the operator.
RAPID TRANSIT ROUTES
PATH System
Operator: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ)
| B | Blue Line | Hoboken Terminal - 33rd St. (Manhattan) [No late night or weekend service] |
| G | Green Line | Hoboken Terminal - Exchange Place - World Trade Center (Manhattan) [No late night or weekend service] |
| R | Red Line | Newark Penn Station - Journal Square - Grove St. - Exchange Place - World Trade Center (Manhattan) |
| Y | Yellow Line | Journal Square - Grove St. - 33rd St. (Manhattan) [Stops at Hoboken Terminal on late nights and weekends] |
Note: Route designations by letter are not used by the operator.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Newark City Subway + Newark Light Rail: 10.0 km.
- Hudson–Bergen Light Rail: 27.4 km.
- PATH Rapid Transit: 22.2 km.
HISTORY
- Horse-traction streetcars: (Essex Division) 1859 - 1895; (Hudson Division) 1860 - 1895
- Steam-dummy traction: (Essex Division) 1878-1879
- Cable car: (Essex Division) 1888 only
- Electric streetcars: (Essex Division) 4 Oct. 1890 - 30 March 1952 (except for the Newark City Subway); (Hudson Division) 1892 - 7 Aug. 1949
- Newark City Subway (and surface line): 16 May 1935 - 16 July 2006 (integrated into Newark Light Rail)
- Hudson-Bergen Light Rail: 15 Apr. 2000 - today
- Newark Light Rail: 17 July 2006 - today
- Rapid transit (in tunnel under the Hudson): 26 Feb. 1908 - today (service between Lower Manhattan and Hoboken interruped due to the 9/11 attacks: 11 Sept. 2001 - Nov. 2003)
GAUGE
- Light rail / Streetcars / PATH (formerly Hudson & Manhattan Railroad System): 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Craig, P. "Newark: New Jersey's best kept secret revealed", Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2006 (69: 827), p.298-299.
- Kyper, F. "Newark's best-kept secret - The City Subway", Modern Tramway, July 1968 (31: 367), p.231-235.
- Lietwiler, C. "Light rail takes off in New Jersey", Tramways & Urban Transit, July 2000 (63: 751), p.248-250.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
Also, many thanks to Mr Russell Powers of Lone Tree, CO, USA, for kindly sending me information and documents concerning the history of the streetcar systems in northern New Jersey.
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